http://www.smartgroups.com/message/readmessage.cfm? gid=1423922&messageid=8949&startid=8950 The adrenal glands are there, but sometimes the left gland is buried in the fat pad just in front of the left kidney. The right gland is under the caudate lobe of the liver, so you have to move the liver lobe out of the way to find the right gland by the vena cava. Hope that helps, Jerry Murray, DVM [Posted in FML issue 4526]